Odd as this sounds, my enthusiasm for butter has come back to bite me before. I tried all kinds of butters while doing a keto diet a few years back, and was led to try the Kerrygold brand by...
Odd as this sounds, my enthusiasm for butter has come back to bite me before.
I tried all kinds of butters while doing a keto diet a few years back, and was led to try the Kerrygold brand by apparent popular internet opinion.
So I tried it, and to me it tasted like licking the underside of the cow. Too fresh, too authentic, and just nasty. I don't want my butter to have a barnyard flavor, no matter how "organic" or "natural" that makes it.
So anyway, I made the mistake of sharing this opinion on Reddit, and hooo boy. That was not received well. If the internet had a pillory, that's where I was for a bit, rotten tomatoes on my face and all.
But I'm not sorry, because Kerrygold butter still tastes like unwashed udder, and I'm not going to pretend it doesn't.
I really hope this doesn’t sound negative, because I absolutely know how subjective and personal questions of flavour can be (and how unnecessarily harsh internet commenters can be!), but I think...
I really hope this doesn’t sound negative, because I absolutely know how subjective and personal questions of flavour can be (and how unnecessarily harsh internet commenters can be!), but I think the best description for what I’m feeling right now is incredulity.
I totally know what you mean in general about “farmyard” flavours - goat’s milk would definitely by my go to example there - but I don’t even get a hint of that from Kerrygold. It just tastes like butter to me, in a pleasant but largely neutral way, whereas I find American butters taste more… flat, I guess? Closer to cooking oil, almost.
Having a preference for one or other I totally get, they’re a noticeably different product, but I personally am not getting anything farm-y from either!
Interesting. I have no idea how much variation there is per-batch, or how many different groups of animals (with possibly different diets and environments) might contribute to the product, but the...
I don’t even get a hint of that from Kerrygold
Interesting. I have no idea how much variation there is per-batch, or how many different groups of animals (with possibly different diets and environments) might contribute to the product, but the particular butter I bought certainly made me taste that flavor. If I recall, I even tried two different boxes just in case.
And I absolutely wasn't expecting it from butter, so I don't think I was "looking too hard for it" or anything like that.
Just spitballing here, but I have lived many years in places that have cow pastures, and maybe I developed an over-sensitivity to the smell of cow or something, I don't know. I can tell you that I find the smell pretty appalling, whenever I do catch a whiff.
American butters are certainly more bland, yes. And I might actually prefer that in a butter, given my experience with Kerrygold.
Adam Ragusea presented a master class on how to compare American's favorite candy to vomit... and get away with it. (you have to lie and pretend like you love the clearly foul tasting substance)
That’s so interesting! Have you ever had other fresh dairy? My mother worked on a (cow’s milk) dairy farm for awhile, and she would occasionally bring home fresh milk. I’ve also had fresh goat’s...
That’s so interesting! Have you ever had other fresh dairy? My mother worked on a (cow’s milk) dairy farm for awhile, and she would occasionally bring home fresh milk. I’ve also had fresh goat’s milk. I love the taste, but I know taste is not a universal thing.
I've tried goat milks and cheeses before, and I have the same opinion of them, unfortunately. Taste and smell being so closely linked, if the food product has the same smell/flavor as the live...
I've tried goat milks and cheeses before, and I have the same opinion of them, unfortunately.
Taste and smell being so closely linked, if the food product has the same smell/flavor as the live animal, or the animal's living quarters or pastures, I can't stomach it.
I don't remember having tried raw cow's milk recently, (I think I did occasionally as a young child) but I suspect I'd react to it in the same way.
Off to the pillory with you. Was nice having known you. Sorry, buddy. (Jokes aside though, as far as people who give two shits about their dairy goes, this is going to be an unpopular opinion.)
I've tried goat milks and cheeses before, and I have the same opinion of them, unfortunately.
Off to the pillory with you. Was nice having known you. Sorry, buddy.
(Jokes aside though, as far as people who give two shits about their dairy goes, this is going to be an unpopular opinion.)
Leave to the internet to get too intense when someone dares to disagree on something that is largely opinion! In my experience, openly disliking a beloved movie or TV show is way more likely to...
Leave to the internet to get too intense when someone dares to disagree on something that is largely opinion! In my experience, openly disliking a beloved movie or TV show is way more likely to make people hate me with a passion than, IDK, politics.
I haven't tried that brand of butter, but I know what you mean. After drinking milk for 25 years, I started getting a whiff of a barnyard smell after drinking it - most bizarre thing. It was...
I haven't tried that brand of butter, but I know what you mean. After drinking milk for 25 years, I started getting a whiff of a barnyard smell after drinking it - most bizarre thing. It was unpleasant enough that I switched to soy and oat milk, although I still eat other dairy fine.
I love how Adam Ragusea can get so enthusiastic about.... salt. In butter.
Odd as this sounds, my enthusiasm for butter has come back to bite me before.
I tried all kinds of butters while doing a keto diet a few years back, and was led to try the Kerrygold brand by apparent popular internet opinion.
So I tried it, and to me it tasted like licking the underside of the cow. Too fresh, too authentic, and just nasty. I don't want my butter to have a barnyard flavor, no matter how "organic" or "natural" that makes it.
So anyway, I made the mistake of sharing this opinion on Reddit, and hooo boy. That was not received well. If the internet had a pillory, that's where I was for a bit, rotten tomatoes on my face and all.
But I'm not sorry, because Kerrygold butter still tastes like unwashed udder, and I'm not going to pretend it doesn't.
I really hope this doesn’t sound negative, because I absolutely know how subjective and personal questions of flavour can be (and how unnecessarily harsh internet commenters can be!), but I think the best description for what I’m feeling right now is incredulity.
I totally know what you mean in general about “farmyard” flavours - goat’s milk would definitely by my go to example there - but I don’t even get a hint of that from Kerrygold. It just tastes like butter to me, in a pleasant but largely neutral way, whereas I find American butters taste more… flat, I guess? Closer to cooking oil, almost.
Having a preference for one or other I totally get, they’re a noticeably different product, but I personally am not getting anything farm-y from either!
Interesting. I have no idea how much variation there is per-batch, or how many different groups of animals (with possibly different diets and environments) might contribute to the product, but the particular butter I bought certainly made me taste that flavor. If I recall, I even tried two different boxes just in case.
And I absolutely wasn't expecting it from butter, so I don't think I was "looking too hard for it" or anything like that.
Just spitballing here, but I have lived many years in places that have cow pastures, and maybe I developed an over-sensitivity to the smell of cow or something, I don't know. I can tell you that I find the smell pretty appalling, whenever I do catch a whiff.
American butters are certainly more bland, yes. And I might actually prefer that in a butter, given my experience with Kerrygold.
Adam Ragusea presented a master class on how to compare American's favorite candy to vomit... and get away with it.
(you have to lie and pretend like you love the clearly foul tasting substance)
That’s so interesting! Have you ever had other fresh dairy? My mother worked on a (cow’s milk) dairy farm for awhile, and she would occasionally bring home fresh milk. I’ve also had fresh goat’s milk. I love the taste, but I know taste is not a universal thing.
I've tried goat milks and cheeses before, and I have the same opinion of them, unfortunately.
Taste and smell being so closely linked, if the food product has the same smell/flavor as the live animal, or the animal's living quarters or pastures, I can't stomach it.
I don't remember having tried raw cow's milk recently, (I think I did occasionally as a young child) but I suspect I'd react to it in the same way.
Off to the pillory with you. Was nice having known you. Sorry, buddy.
(Jokes aside though, as far as people who give two shits about their dairy goes, this is going to be an unpopular opinion.)
Leave to the internet to get too intense when someone dares to disagree on something that is largely opinion! In my experience, openly disliking a beloved movie or TV show is way more likely to make people hate me with a passion than, IDK, politics.
Full stop :)
I haven't tried that brand of butter, but I know what you mean. After drinking milk for 25 years, I started getting a whiff of a barnyard smell after drinking it - most bizarre thing. It was unpleasant enough that I switched to soy and oat milk, although I still eat other dairy fine.
Yeah! He's kind of a food nerd, I love that.
off-topic-ish, but if you're making videos using Zoom interviews or whatever, take a second to sync up the audio.